Proud Mary was originally a hit song from the band Creedence Clearwater Revivial in 1969. Ike & Tina Turner covered the song for their live shows and released a studio version in 1971, taken from the album Workin Together. The single became Ike & Tina's biggest hit in America, reaching #4 on the Billboard pop charts and certified gold. It won also a Grammy Award in the category „Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group“ in 1971 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003. Proud Mary is one of the few Ike & Tina songs which Tina continuously performed live in her solo concerts and became one of Tina's most recognizable signature song. In 1993, Tina re-recorded the track in the studio with guest vocals by Timmy Cappello for the soundtrack album What’s Love Got To Do With It and released it as a single in 1994. Live versions from „Proud Mary“ can be heard on the album What You Hear Is What You Get (Live at Carnegie Hall) or on the home video Live in ’71. On the rarities sampler „Good Old Times“ from 1991, a previously unreleased „Funky Version“ was released with lead vocals from Ike and from the b-side track „Funkier Than A Mosquita’s Tweeter“, which was written by Tina’s sister Alline, is a very rare long version available on the Australian Nutbush City Limits maxi single.

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A. PROUD MARY (Edit) 3:15

Written by John C. Fogerty / Produced by Ike Turner / Engineer: Brent Maher

B. FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITA’S TWEETER 2:35

Written by Alline Bullock / Produced by Ike Turner / Engineer: Brent Maher

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A. PROUD MARY (Live) 6:35

Taken from the album "What You Hear Is What You Get - Live at Carnegie Hall“

B. COME TOGETHER 3:41

Written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney / Produced by Ike Turner

This is the single that’s causing all the uproar.

"…John Fogerty hasn’t heard a thing until he hears Tina do 'Proud Mary.' The spoken introduction done over guitar and Ike singing the song in the background is perfect. The pick-up from the slow portion of their arrangement to the up-tempo one is done with precision and flash."

Jon Landau in ROLLING STONE

Billboard Review , January 23, 1971

The Jim Fogerty classic gets a powerhouse treatment with the Turner originality and drive to put it right back up the Hot 100 and soul charts. Dynamite entry.